UNDERCOVER | SPY TRAINING FILM - ca. 1942 - ca. 1945 DRAMATIZED TRAINING
FILM: Analyzes preparation, arrival, establishment, and "prevalent
cover" for secret agents by presenting one movie within another, as
introduced by Col. Robertson, chief of Schools and Training at Office of
Strategic Services. R.1: Gives examples of agents discovered because of
inattention to details, good cover versus bad cover. Emphasizes proper
attitude, study, and importance of support staff. Explains ways to
infiltrate enemy territory. Illustrates effective and ineffective spy
methods by comparing two agents. R.2: Continues to compare agents. Ways
to camouflage or dispose of revealing evidence. Explains techniques of
blending into enemy culture and preparing for sudden departure, how to
choose residence and how to avoid suspicion in enemy country.
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WhatsApp: The Bad Guys' Secret Weapon

By: Olga Koksharova

WhatsApp makes use of the Open Whisper Signal communication protocol to
secure communications with end-to-end encryption. WhatsApp users rely on
that security to freely exchange messages, discuss sensitive things
and, with limited success, avoid religious and political oppression in
certain countries.

WhatsApp: The Bad Guy's Messenger of Choice

WhatsApp is extremely popular, easily being the number one instant
messenger in the Western hemisphere. This, combined with its end-to-end
encryption, make WhatsApp a popular tool among the criminals.
Terrorists, scammers, extortionists and child molesters don't hesitate
using WhatsApp to lure their victims, plan and coordinate illegal
activities.

London, UK: Westminster Bridge attacker Khalid
Masood allegedly sent a WhatsApp message that cannot be accessed by the
police because it was encrypted. "We need to make sure that
organizations like WhatsApp - and there are plenty of others like that -
don't provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each
other," said British Home Secretary Amber Rudd, trying to urge WhatsApp
to provide a backdoor for British intelligence and law enforcement.

Australia government plans to ban end-to-end encryption, going as far
as to claim the laws of mathematics no longer apply in Australia. "The
only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia", says
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a move to demand backdoor
access to WhatsApp (and other messaging services) encrypted
communications.

UAE already blocks WhatsApp voice and video
calls as part of their policy on VoIP calls along with Azerbaijan,
Belize, China, Iran, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, and
Saudi Arabia. Do these countries have a higher crime rate or a higher
threat terrorism, or do they block WhatsApp for political reasons?

One thing the governments need to clearly understand: WhatsApp is not a
weapon of mass destruction. It's just a reasonably convenient,
reasonably secure tool that, for one reason or another, gained a large
user base and became extremely popular with consumers. If a government
bans encryption in 'big' messengers, they'll have to ban a range of
open-source projects that are well beyond their reach and their
jurisdiction. The bad guys will simply move to a different platform, of
which there is no lack of. It's the regular Joe and Jane who will be
left without protection.

WhatsApp Encryption Controversy

The UK and Australia call for banning encryption and forcing
manufacturers to include obligatory backdoors into their security
systems, arguing that the laws of mathematics don't apply down under. At
the same time, the EU proposes quite a different legislation, banning
encryption backdoors and making end-to-end security mandatory across
most of Europe. Austria proposes a law making it legal for the cops to
intercept encrypted messages.

If all those contradicting laws
are passed, manufacturers will have a difficult choice to make. They'll
have to either provide backdoors and break EU laws; provide no backdoors
and break British and Australian laws; or just cease to exist.

USA, Germany Can Hack into WhatsApp Users' Phones

The CIA has developed an exploit that targets individual devices and
allows experts to control and access everything on a smartphone,
including messages. The thing is, the CIA exploit is all about getting
malware onto phones. It's not about breaking, exploiting or compromising
WhatsApp encrypted Signal communication protocol.

Following a
similar path, Germany passes a law making it legal for the police to
hack suspects' devices. The state-managed malware would intercept
WhatsApp messages prior to encryption.

Technical Feasibility of WhatsApp-Spying Malware

Is the use of malware by law enforcement feasible? For some devices,
absolutely, this could be technically possible. However, installing
malware onto any iOS device could be troublesome from the technical
standpoint. Even if installed, malware running on an iPhone would have
very limited access to device user's activities.

We at ElcomSoft
don't believe in malware for the purpose of WhatsApp extraction. We
don't believe in hacking the Signal protocol either. And most definitely
we don't believe in network-level blocking of WhatsApp or any other
secure messenger.

On the other hand, we fully support the effort
the law enforcement puts investigating crime. We have tools for
breaking encryption for a lot of different formats. We have a tool for
breaking into WhatsApp as well.

Did we say iPhones are secure,
and WhatsApp even more so? Something new is coming from ElcomSoft to
extract and decrypt iPhone users' WhatsApp communications. It's just
around the corner. Stay tuned.

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